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And now, the Over/Under on Lucha Underground season 3, episode 40, Ultima Lucha Tres part four, originally aired on October 17, 2017.

The season ending video package is always great, don’t get me wrong, but what about the season preview trailer? I’ve been watching that thing before every episode and it always gets me hyped for what’s coming up.

Wrestling was top notch as always. The iconography of the final montage was brilliant. But I can’t help but feel like this season could have pushed the overarching “War of the Gods/Aztec Tribes” storyline a bit further. The show left us with some good teases (particularly Mascarita Sagrada leading Paul London on a vision quest), but I would have like more of that throughout the season proper. This year focused primarily on grudges and interpersonal conflicts (Crane vs. Catrina, Fenix vs. Marty, Puma’s rebirth, Matanza vs. Rey) rather than the mystery of time traveling Aerostar or the apparently immortal Jeremiah Crane.

Perhaps the show is saving these revelations for later or maybe I’m just asking for too much. Having said that, this is also a testament to the fact that no other wrestling show on television would inspire such a Game of Thrones-ian conversation.

Wow so great everything!! I really was not expecting to come out of the last show with such a fulfilling feeling. Loved every return and story line revisit. I didn’t see Cuerno coming at all and the gauntlet as a trophy was better than I could have imagined! Jeez did Crane hit an artery or what?!?
Having Black Lotus return only to get murked by Matanza was just too good of an angle I loved it so much! That may have been one of the best “Wrath of the gods” we’ve seen! (Which was set up with a one-handed choke slam/toss if you remember..) and whoo that was a stiff rotation. I just love a heel ending where you think it’s finally time for the villain to pay only to see the hero crushed again. Though I still feel they may have cut a segment or two from that story. It payed off in the end, but it didn’t really LEAD to the cage, the cage just kind of happened. Minor complaint once they got to the fireworks factory but still, there was some story missing there.
I was spoiled on the twist ending a little with Pentagon “cashing in” but it’s my own fault for not seeing that coming in the first place it was sooooooo obvious. What a match though, what an ending! Perfectly fitting, especially if this is the final episode. I did not get the “Spider-man no more” tribute at the time … you are so right. Just amazing.
The “Dario is dead … ?” ending is perfect. Just the perfect way to either end it for good, or leave enough on the table for them to want to come back to. I love this show.

I’ve seen a few people describe this episode as “fulfilling” and that’s the word I keep coming up with too, I never thought I’d describe a wrestling show as “fulfilling”, sure “satisfying” maybe, and yet this was so fulfilling. I really hope LU can get funded properly for another season because I’d hate to see it come back on a greatly reduced budget and tarnish the memories of what came before it.

Oh, and I probably never would’ve started watching it if it wasn’t for the B&W’s for season 1. I didn’t get El Ray at the time but man, you made it sound sooooo damn good that I eventually switched over to a provider that included ElRay and Lucha Underground was a big part of that decision, so thank you @Brandon, thank you very much.

I recently had the pleasure of meeting Matt Cross/Son of Havoc. He’s a cool, friendly dude. He was up for a chat so we talked about the vibe of the LU locker room, pursuing the white wale that is WWE, favourite matches and so on. When I asked about a season four of LU he became a bit cagey and said “watch this space.” Fingers crossed.

Every bit of this, from the outstanding wrestling itself, to showing the video Taya has been making all season, to weaving all these stories together, to creating a final scene we absolutely need to see a conclusion for, is A++++. Please don’t make us wait too long for season 4.

The three-way was immense fun and had some truly brutal spots, while pretty much everything else was top-notch.

My one niggle (and it’s a small one) is that at the beginning of the cage match, when EDAj is tossed up to the top ropes and springs to the top of the cage, he could have just dropped down and won the match (which would also have allowed Dario to do the restart because the match had only just started AND the through-the-cage spot would still have been possible under the new rules.